The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. Covering a total area of approximately 7.63 square miles, it's within the eastern part of London and covers a lot of the conventional East End. The London Borough of Hackney lies towards the north of the borough while the River Lea forms the boundary with the London Borough of Newham in the east. On the other side of the Thames is the London Borough of Southwark towards the southwest, The London Borough of Lewisham towards the South, along with the Royal Borough of Greenwich to the southeast. The River Lea also forms the boundary between these parts of London historically in Middlesex, with those formerly in Essex.
According to population estimates created in the middle of 2014, the borough has a permanent population of around 284015 people. Many of the tallest buildings in London occupy the centre of the Isle of Dogs in the south of the borough.
The borough is also fairly well-known for being the home of the Women's Library in Aldgate, which is Great Britain's key library and museum resource on women and the women's movement, especially concentrating on Britain within the 19th and 20th centuries. In addition, a part of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is in Tower Hamlets.